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Bob Jackson was still five years away from retiring from his career as an electrical engineering at Lockheed Martin when he began dreaming of the day he would head off into the sunset. But rather than sailing into the proverbial golden years of retirement, Jackson decided to fly instead.

Mankind has long used soul-searching journeys to grapple with life's heavier subjects. But schlepping through airport after airport to board a continuous series of commercial flights isn't exactly the sort of travel therapy that usually comes to mind.

For one Charlottesville, Virginia, man, however, JetBlue's $699 All You Can Jet unlimited one-month travel pass turned out to be just the impetus he needed to finally start coming to terms with his mother's death.

The idea of being able to sail away from it all on a cruise can seem pretty romantic. Until something goes wrong, of course. Three travelers share unsettling memories from past cruises.

Have you ever dreamed of quitting your job to travel the world? On the slides of this gallery you'll meet ten people who actually did.

Some of these individuals, such as Doreen Orion and her husband, left everything behind to travel and re-connect with one another on a year-long bus trip across the U.S. Others were inspired by changing events in their lives (failed relationships, serious illness, the death of a loved one), to leave behind successful careers to find themselves abroad.